2018
Articles published in 2018
18 January 2018
Explainer: extreme heat in sport
Record-breaking temperatures during the Ashes cricket test match in Sydney led many to wonder: how hot is too hot to continue playing sport safely?
17 January 2018
Nano redirect
17 January 2018
Sydney share bike schemes increase cycling
New data shows 18 per cent of Sydneysiders thought dockless bikes were a good system and would use one of the new bike share schemes.
17 January 2018
Billions could be saved in shipping, aquaculture
Sydney scientists have developed nanowrinkled coatings that could avoid the build-up of damaging biological material and save some of the $320 million annually spent by the Australian shipping industry because of biofouling.
17 January 2018
The EJ Series, part 11: the other side of environmental justice—finding ecological justice in Aotearoa
This blog provides a summary of the report, Finding Ecological Justice in New Zealand, written by Claire Browning and published by the New Zealand Law Foundation. Claire contributed to a paper given by Mike Joy at the Environmental Justice Conference, Sydney University, 6-8 November 2017.
16 January 2018
Oral health research receives $2.5 million boost
Traditionally, the health system has separated dentistry and medicine, but the Chair of Lifespan Oral Health is challenging that divide – thanks to a philanthropist’s visionary gift.
15 January 2018
The EJ Series, part 10: ‘just stories’ and the prism of mixed media storytelling
Sarah Marie Wiebe offers reflections on what mixed media storytelling with Indigenous youth can offer the study and practice of environmental justice. This article is based on a presentation by Sarah Marie Wiebe on a panel entitled ‘Just Stories’ at the Environmental Justice 2017: Looking Back, Looking Forward Conference, University of Sydney, 6-8 November 2017.
15 January 2018
Metal plates and screws no longer required for fractures
A new 3D-printed ceramic implant developed by biomedical engineers at the University of Sydney will ultimately replace grafts and metal hardware in mending broken bones using the body’s natural healing process.
15 January 2018
Summer school inspires Indigenous teens to pursue university
Over 150 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students will attend the University of Sydney this summer, as faculties collaborate to provide a week-long program encouraging participation in higher education.
12 January 2018
For women fighting the gender pay gap discrimination law is limited
Discrimination law has limited capacity to address the gender pay gap, writes legal expert Alice Orchiston.
12 January 2018
NSW teens control NASA robots on the International Space Station
Students from five New South Wales schools controlled NASA robots on the International Space Station as part of the global Zero Robotics international coding competition.
11 January 2018
5 reasons to do an industry unit this semester
In our industry and community project units, you can swap traditional lectures and assessments for hands-on group project work with our leading industry, community and government partners.
11 January 2018
EJ Series, Part 9: landscapes of dispossession – examining adaptation and the persistent exclusion of the urban poor
This article is based on a paper presented by Karen Paiva Henrique at the Environmental Justice 2017 Conference, University of Sydney, 6-8 November 2017, and is a part of her broader PhD research.
11 January 2018
Most read academic papers of 2017
Coral bleaching, DNA and neanderthals, the health benefits of being a "weekend warrior" and which sports will help you live longer all made the Top 100 most read academic papers in 2017.
11 January 2018
Report on vaccine preventable deaths a reminder to parents
A new report reveals how successful immunisation has been in dramatically reducing the number of childhood deaths from infectious diseases in Australia.
11 January 2018
Introducing our 2018 Noel Martin Visiting Chair
The appointment is a tribute to Professor Noel Martin, one of the most influential figures in the history of dentistry at the University of Sydney, a former Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry from 1970 until his retirement in 1988
09 January 2018
What can I eat to stop mosquito bites?
Many of the myths surrounding food and drink that deter mosquitoes are too hard to swallow, writes Dr Cameron Webb.
09 January 2018
EJ Series part 8: the story of environmental justice and access to land for Borroloola community
‘All over Australia, Aboriginal communities are mobilising to fight the forces of colonisation and resource extraction’. SEI Honours Research Fellow Jodie Pall explores the unevenly distributed impacts of the McArthur River Mine on the Borroloola community and Aboriginal responses to this environmental justice issue.